End-gate.



No. 677,945; lPatented luly 9, IQOI.

F. L. CLLIS.

END GATE.

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F. L. coLLl's.

END GATE.

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED LEE OOLLIS, OF IOWA FALLS, IOWA.

END-GATE."

lsrnorrrcntrr'oiv forming'pare of Letters Patent No. 677,945, dated July 9, 1901. Application filed October 1, 1900. Serial No. 31,684. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED LEE CoLLIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iowa Falls, in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful End- Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in end-gates. j

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of end-gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adapted to be readily applied to any ordinary wagon body or bed and capable of be ing readily arranged for dumping and for forminga shoveling-board and adapted to be readily removed from the wagon-body when desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a wagon-body provided with an end-gate constructed in accordance with this invention and shown closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the upper portion of the end-gate being released to permit it to swing downward to form a shovelinglboard. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, the bottom f the end-gate being released to arrangethe parts for dumping. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the lower portion of one of the vertical side standards, illustrating the construction of the keeper and the inner guard. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view of one side of the wagon-body, illustrating thezrnanner of mounting the standards thereon. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the locking devices. Fig. 7 is adetail view of the top catch. Fig. S is a perspective view of a portion of a wagon-body provided with an end-gate constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig; 9 is a detail view illustrating the arrangement of the links when the end-gate is locked. Fig. 10 is a detail View of the inner end of the i11- ner link, showing the T-shaped head for engaging the hooks.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a vertical standard designed to be arranged at each side of a wagon-body and consisting of a vertical bar 2, of wood, and a strip 3, of iron or other suitable material, secured to one of the edges of the bar 2 and projecting rearwardly therefrom. The bar 2 is preferably constructed of wood and is designed to be secured between the vertical cleats 4. of the sides 5 of a wagon body or bed, whereby the end-gate 6 may be readily mounted on the latter. Y

The end-gate 6, which may be constructed in any suitable manner, is provided at opposite sides with wings 7, and it is adapted to `be arranged in a slightly-inclined position to form a shoveling-board and to be hinged at the top, as illustrated in Fig. 3, with its lower `portion swung loutward to permit the contents of the wagon body or bed to be dumped.

The end-gate is provided at opposite sides of its bottom with hooks 9, secured to the side edges of the end-gate, which projects` laterally beyond the outer side faces of the Wings, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings. The hooks, which are offset from the outer side faces of the wings of the end-gate to provide spaces to receive the bars o'r strips 3 of the standards' 1, engage outer keepers 10, mounted on the :bars 2, at the lowerends thereof, and pro= vided with inclined upper edges l1, adapted to direct laterally-projecting studs 12 into engagement with the 'keepers in returning the end-gate from the position illustrated in Fig'. 3 to that shown in Fig. 1. The keeper consists of a vertical plate having an angularlybent intermediate portion forming a vertical transverse walll 13 and offsetting the outer portion 14. from the plane of the inner portion 15. The outer portion 14. is approximately' triangular, and the transverse wall 13 is adapted to form a stop for holdingthe laterally-projecting stud against outwardv movement when the end-gate is in a'vertical position. The hook 9 extends through any opening 16 of the bottom of the standard and engages a transverse pin 17, which forms a stop for the said hook. The engaging portion of the hook projects beyond the bar 2 of the standard and is received within an inner guard or housing 18, located at the bottom of the standard at the inner side of the opening roo 1G and having an arched or rounded upper portion, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The guard or housing consists of a vertical side wall and an integral rear wall, which has its upper portion curved to form the top of the guard or housing. By this construction the end-gate when closed is held at two difterent points at each side of the wagon-body, and this construction is also adapted to operate as a hinge to permit the end-gate to swing downward to a slightly-inclined position to form a shoveling-board. The bottom of the end-gate is provided adjacent to the hooks 9 with recesses 19, which receive the adjacent portions of the vertical strip or bar 3 when the end-gate is swung downward.

The end-gate is supported when swung downward by inner and outer links 20 and 21, pivotedr together at their adjacent ends and connected, respectively, with the wagon-body and with the end-gate. The inner link 2O is provided with a T-shaped head 22, formed by lateral Vprojections and adapted tovengage a pair of hooks 23 of a central catch 2i, which is mounted on the bar 2 of the vertical standard. The catch 24 consists of an attachmentplate and the said hooks 23, which are arranged parallel with each other and which have their engaging portions or bills located at their upper sides. The link 2O extends between the hooks 23, and its laterally-projecting portions engage the said hooks to form a detachable hinge connection, which will permit the end-gate to be separated from the wagon body or bed when desired. The end 25 of the link 2l is enlarged and is provided with a hook 26, formed by a recess 27 and having an engaging portion or bill 28, arranged concentric with the pivot 29 and adapted when the end-gate is closed to engage a projection 30, extending laterally from the inner hook 23. \Vhen the end-gate is swung from the position shown in Fig. 2 to its closed position, the links are closed and extend upward and are adapted to be swung downward to the position showndn Fig. l to lock the end-gate. By swinging the links downward the hook 26 is engaged with a lateral projection of the central catch. The links form a lifting-lever and are adapted to be swung upward from the position illustrated in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings to lift the bottom of the endgate out of engagement with the keeper and the stop 17 to permit the said end-gate to swing outward to the position illustrated in Fig. 3. The end-gate is provided at its top with forwardly-projecting hooks 3l, which are adapted to engage rounded heads of catches 32, pivotally mounted on the standardsiin recesses 33 and having their heads projecting laterally from the shank portion and adapted to receive the hooks 3l. When the catch 32 is arranged as shown in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, it is adapted to engage the end-gate, or rather the hook 3l thereof, and it is provided with a lateral projection or lug 32, which is also adapted to re-- tain the hook 3l on the rounded or bearing portion of the catch when the end-gate is arranged as shown in Fig. 3. The rounded or bearing portions of the catches form pintles and cooperate with the hooks 3l to provide hinges for connecting the top of the end-gate with the wagon-body to allow the end-gate to swing outward, as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be seen that the end-gate is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construct tion, that it is adapted to be readily applied to an ordinary wagon body or bed, that it is capable of ready operation to arrange it for dumping or shoveling, and that it is securely locked in its closed position.

1. In a deviceof the class described, the combination with a wagon-body, and an endgate, of a catch consisting of a pair of hooks spaced apart, one of the hooks being provided with a projection, and a pair of links pivotally connected at their adjacent ends, one of the links having a head for engaging the said hooks, and the other link being pivoted to the end-gate and provided with a hook arranged to engage the projection of the catch, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a central catch designed to be mounted on a wagon-body and provided with a pair of hooks and having a lateral projection adjacent to one of the hooks, and a pair of links, one of the links being provided with a T-shaped head for engaging the hooks and the other link being provided with a recess forming a hook arranged tovengage the projection of the central catch, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wagon-body, and an endgate provided with a rigid hook, of the pivoted catch provided at its pivot with a rounded portion or bearing to receive the hook and having a lug arranged to be swung into and out of engagement with the hook when the catch is turned on its pivot, substantially as and for the purpose described.

et. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wagon-body, of an endgate provided at itstop with means for hing- `ing it to a wagon-body and having a projection at its bottom, and the fixed keeper open at the top and provided with an inclined edge forming a guide and extending downward lfrom the top of the keeper and adapted, when the bottom of the end-gate is swung against the body, t0 direct the projection into the keeper, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wagon-body, and an endgate having means for hinging it to the top of the wagon-bod y and provided at its bottom with a projection, of a keeper provided with an inclined upper edge to form a guide, and consisting of a plate angularly bent between its front and rear edges toform a transverse- Wall, substantially as and for the purpose de'- scribed. y

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a Wagon-body, and a main gate, of 4a standard mounted on the Wagonbody and provided at its bottom with an opening, and having a stop, a guard arranged at the inner face ofthe standard adjacent to the opening thereof, a keeper mounted on the standard at the -front thereof, and a hook secured to the end-gate and adapted to engage the stop and provided with a stud for engaging the keeper, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a Wagon-body and an end- Witnesses:

CHAS. HUTCHINSON, W. H. WooDs. 

